On AlterNet: crestor

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "crestor"

Unsafe Heart Medication Peddled to Public as Wonder Drug

Donald W. Light, Science Progress. December 23, 2008.

Crestor offers little benefit and offsets it with costly side effects. But you wouldn't know this from drug-company propaganda.

Media Trumpet Dangerous Heart Drug

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. December 17, 2008.

Crestor has been named one of the top five most dangerous drugs by the FDA. Yet it's being sold as immortality in a bottle.

What's Missing on Your FDA Drug Warning Label: Corporate Influence over the Safety Process

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. August 28, 2007.

Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory meetings in the last decade included a member with financial ties to drug companies. A look at how that affects the drugs that are allowed on the market -- even after they're shown to be deadly.